Brooklyn: Confraternity of the Precious Blood, 1952. 16mo (5 1/3 inches tall), original soft green leatherette, green endpapers, green silk ribbon marker. About-fine. THOMAS AQUINAS IN YOUR POCKET: "HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IS PRESENTED THE MASTERPIECE OF ST. THOMAS--THE SUMMA THEOLOGICA--IN A POCKET EDITION" This was the first distillation... More about My Way of Life; Pocket edition of St. Thomas: The Summa Simplified for Everyone

Harrison, New York: Roman Catholic Books. Later edition. Small octavo (7 3/4 inches tall), original laminated pictorial boards. Ex-library, sticker removed from foot of spine, small ink-stamps to title page and page 29, embossed blindstamp to corner blank flyleaf, black ink to front and rear pastedowns and page 129, else... More about Catechism of the "Summa Theologica"

Westminster: The Newman Press, 1956. First edition. Octavo, original mauve cloth, original dust jacket. Offsetting and early owner signature to front pastedown and flyleaf, small blemish to top rear panel of largely fresh and clean dust jacket. A near-fine copy. "THE GREATEST ENGLISH EXPONENT OF THOMISM" First American edition of... More about Contemporary Philosophy; Studies of Logical Positivism and Existentialism

Herder and Herder, 1967, 1969. First edition. Two volumes. Octavo, original gray and original black cloth, original dust jackets. Volume II mildly ex-library with only blank card pocket and “Theology” written in ink on free front endpaper. A bright,clean, near-fine pair. THE "NEW" THEOLOGY First American editions of Henri de..... More about The Mystery of the Supernatural (with) Augustinianism and Modern Theology

London: Oxford University Press, 1955. First edition. Small octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. Early owner signature on free front endpaper, dust jacket with price struck through on front flap, toning to spine, wear to upper corners. An excellent copy. "HUMAN LAW CANNOT REPEAL ANY PART OF DIVINE LAW... More about St. Thomas Aquinas Theological Texts; Selected and Translated with Notes by Thomas Gilby

Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1981. First edition. Tall octavo, original maroon cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine, dust jacket with a trace of edge-wear and typical toning to top of front panel, spine and flap folds. An excellent copy of a scarce book. "FOR THE MODERN RADICAL... More about After Virtue; A Study in Moral Theory

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. First edition. Large octavo, original black cloth, yellow top edge, original dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. First edition of Flannery O'Connor's engaging letters, an essential component of her published body of work. It was easy for readers in the 1950s and early 60s... More about The Habit of Being; Letters of Flannery O'Connor

Dubuque, Iowa: The Priory Press, 1964. First edition. Octavo, original gold [mustard] cloth, original dust jacket. Fine book, dust jacket with only very gentle toning to spine and flap folds. A nearly-fine copy. THOMISM: THE EARLY DISCIPLES OF THE ANGELIC DOCTOR First edition of this "bio-bibliographical" study of the early... More about Early Thomistic School